Two New Games

Eric kindly explained the alternative means I was talking about in his post that you can check out.
I think it's super cool how we can have a conversation of sorts over our blogs (this is also referring to Andrew's blog). Being able to talk about the same subjects as each other and respond to what the others have posted. I think it's awesome.

Currently writing this in between games of Paladins because the loading/matchmaking time is kind of annoyingly long.


So, Eric got 2 new games in the mail from kickstarter that are pretty tight. Anansi is this cool trick taking game that I really enjoy. I have no real desire to play a game of pinochle; I would much rather play this. I'm not sure how long I'll try to avoid Pinochle over this, but this is definitely more enjoyable for me. And it's for 3-8 players, so getting exactly four people isn't a problem.

Temporal Odyssey is the other game. It's a battle-esque type game where your goal is to beat up your opponent. There are several different super cool elements going on that are kind of tough to explain. You draft cards out of the past/present/future to get you cool units and effects that also get you symbols. These symbols drastically increase the power of the starting spells you had. There seems to be a lot of variety and replay-ability with all of the different decks you can mix into the past/present/future and with all the different Travelers you can play as.

I still haven't posted all my writings from NYLT. I should do that.

Alternative Means

Ayyy, we got the computer working. Kind of. The desktop still doesn't exist, but we got other things up and running through alternative means. It be so cool. We somehow continue to make this computer function as it's dying.

A little bit of Paladins and Skyrim

Paladins is pretty great, and it runs great. Now Eric won't necessarily need to fix the computer to play some video games. I mean, that was true beforehand in regards to Breath of the Wild etc., but now he can get his hero shooter.
The card system is freaking cool.

So, in Skyrim, I find it really really enjoyable until I finish a quest line. Then I just don't know what to do. I have to pick another quest line, which is pretty hard to do, and start focusing on that. Idk, it's this weird thing that I don't know quite how to describe. Game is still wonderful, of course.

That's all that's on my mind right now. I might post later depending on if I find a time to sit down.
I do want to type more, but I don't know what about and that's okay. I have several other ideas for their own posts that you'll get later.

Kingdom Builder Rules Mishap

Paladins is now free to play on the Switch, so that's downloading. Meanwhile, my mom and I played two games of Kingdom Builder and learned about a pretty big rules mishap we've been playing with. You know those bonus extra action tiles that you get by building adjacent next to those buildings? Turns out they're not a one time effect. You get to use them every single turn, if you want to.
I really like this change. It makes it much more tactical and you can do different cool things with the powers before or after you place to get places you want to. It also makes the game go a lot quicker since you're playing way more buildings out there each turn.

This is honestly game altering for me. It's a lot more enjoyable now.

I also recently organized the stuff we own for it making it easier to set up. Before you had to look through a whole bunch of tiles to find the correct ones, but now that I've separated them by expansion, it's a lot quicker to find the tiles you need.

Computer Problems, Waiting for Eric

I saw Eric's post and it's like, "Hey, no blogs have been updating" and I'm like, "Ay, yeah, that's my bad. The break was nice, but I did want to write some more posts". But, then wait... here's the twist... I try to get on the computer and it has the audacity to say, "Ay, we've got some updates for you." I just got super motivated to write several blog posts when it's almost midnight and you do this to me? The betrayal is real. So I'm writing this on my notes on my phone and I'll transcribe it later.

Scythe gets me abnormally invested. I care so much more about winning/losing that game than so many others. It pains me so much when I lose an important battle etc. This can be a good thing, a fantastic thing, even. But I also don't want to play it a whole bunch right now because of it. Playing so much in a row was rather emotionally draining, to be honest.

I'm excited to play it with you, though, Eric. And, yeah, I got Isle of Dogs. Some friends are actually coming over to watch it tomorrow and I'm excited. Which means I should probably head to bed. It looks like the computer doesn't want to cooperate with me tonight. I'm also excited to play Coup with you again.

I'm going to sleep now, so I might add on to this later or just post it as is, idk.



That was a couple days ago. The night that Eric originally posted his post. I didn't get around to posting it because I the computer isn't working. I decided to switch over to the new computer, so I can type it up and finally post it. Hopefully Eric will be able to fix the other computer once he gets back. It has Overwatch and such on it, so he'll need to do so before he gets to play it.

We have been playing a ridiculous amount of Pinochle. It's crazy.
Also, Eric, you said it would be nice to play video games again, but I'm kind of on a board game craze right now, so I'm forcing you to play board games with me a lot right when you get back home. Aka, you won't have much time to play video games.
Games to play when you get home (not all on the same day, and not in order):
Coup
Scythe
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2
Eldritch Horror
Dead of Winter with Thomas and Ben
Shadows over Camelot perhaps?
Summoner Wars
Alhambra
Small World
Oltre Mare
Kingdom Builder

Yep.